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Chung Ying Theatre Company - Dumbo Overprotected 'Creative Fairy Tales' Drama Creation in Practice Project

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Chung Ying Theatre Company - Dumbo Overprotected 'Creative Fairy Tales' Drama Creation in Practice Project (Completed)

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Highlights and Objectives

  • A school-year-long drama training programme
  • Suitable for all Primary 4 to 6 students who are interested in drama
  • Learn story adaptation through analysing the contents of a story and exploring the descriptions of the characters, and train students' basic performance skills
  • Inspire creativity and encourage writing
  • The programme includes drama training, plot creation, performance rehearsals and in-school finale performance

Content

This year, we will focus on Dumbo Overprotected, guiding students to understand the characteristics, habits and values of Dumbo from the original novel through Process Drama.  The students can also experience the fun of theatre while creating a script collectively together for an in-school performance of about 20 minutes, arousing their potential and creativity.

Implementation

  • From November 2023 to July 2024
  • The project will run for 9 months in three phases

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EventDateActivities

Phase 1:
Drama Training Workshop
(9 sessions)

November 2023 to April 2024

Theatrical Art Workshop
Students will learn about theatrical art and the different roles on the front stage and backstage.  Their potential and creativity will be inspired through theatrical games, improvised creation and role-play exercises as they experience the joy of the theatre.

Character Discovery Workshop
Students will explore the personalities of the characters and consider the dramatic conflicts faced by the characters in the story.  These will help enrich the contents and layers of their script.

Plot Creation
Incorporating their understanding of the characters and their creativity, students will collectively create new plots and the script for their finale performance.

Phase 2:
Rehearsal
(10 sessions)

April to June 2024

To rehearse and prepare for the finale performance, students will be trained on theatrical performance skills, including voicing, body language, emotion expression, etc.

Phase 3:
In-school Finale Performance
(1 session)

July 2024

The finale performance, which features students' adaptation of a classic fairy tale, will be staged on campus so that the learning outcome can be shared with their friends and parents.

Project Details
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No. of Participating Schools6 Primary Schools
Target StudentsPrimary 4 - 6
Required ExperienceNo Limitation
No. of Participants ^25 - 30 students / school
Workshop Schedule1 session / week, 1.5 hours / session
Total No. of Workshops and Rehearsals19 sessions
Fee Payable *#$620 / student

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If the number of participants recruited is below 25, the participating school will be required to pay the course fee for 25 persons.
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Excluding production cost of stage setting and costumes.
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Fees are at a per head basis.  All fees paid are non-refundable.

 

Enrolment Information

Enquiries

Chung Ying Theatre Company LCSD
Ms Evelyn Pang Ms Esther Wong
Tel: 3961 9839 Tel: 2591 1798
Fax: 2545 1918 Fax: 2591 1160
Email: evelynpang@chungying.com  Email: aesab@lcsd.gov.hk

 

  • Last modified : 30.07.2024